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img Issei man preparing for journey to Japan (ddr-densho-259-458)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Can [Renichi Fujimoto] and Ches [Tsuyoshi Yasui] at the Hood River railroad station, where Chan left for Japan in late 1929 to get his wife, Matsuyo."

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img White missionary family (ddr-densho-259-170)

Caption by Yuka Yasui: "Missionary family from Hood River. Went to the Phillipines." Caption by Homer Yasui: "This is the Landis family, whom we knew years ago in Hood River."

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img Issei woman holding an infant (ddr-densho-259-409)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "A young Japanese woman holding an infant in her arms, standing on the front porch."

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img Grandmother and grandchildren on a settee (ddr-densho-259-47)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Hisa Fujii Miyake, my maternal grandmother, with Saburo Miyake's three young children on a settee."

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img Issei man and woman in front of a black car (ddr-densho-259-218)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Issei man and woman in cloche hat standing in front of a large black car."

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img "Portland Japanese community's contribution to the Rose Festival parade" (ddr-densho-259-329)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "This surely must have been the Portland Japanese community's contribution to the Rose Festival parade."

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doc Yabe Genealogy (ddr-ohs-1-68)

Genealogy of the Yabe (also written as Yabu) family history from its roots in Okinawa to its branches in the United States, spanning more than 500 years of documented lineage.

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doc The Last Samurai Kentsu Yabu (ddr-ohs-1-67)

Genealogy document of Kentsu Yabu (1866-1937), an Okinawan military officer, martial arts master, and immigrant to the United States in approximately 1919.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ohs-1-67/

img Nisei baby smiling (ddr-densho-259-103)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Kay [Yasui] as a baby. This may very well have been taken at [Masuo and Shidzuyo Yasui's] first home, which was at Columbia Street in Hood River."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-103/

img Formal portrait of a Japanese man (ddr-densho-259-239)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Formal portrait of our oldest uncle on [Masuo Yasui's] side, Taiitsuro Yasui. Taiitsuro is wearing the formal haori (formal Japanese outer jacket), but the Yasui family crest, which is a tachibana (stylized tangerine blossom), can't be seen."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-239/

img Panoramic view of the Hood River Valley (ddr-densho-259-316)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "View of the [Hood River] valley taken from Panorama Point, but from a slightly different angle."

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img "Issei men posed in front of Buddhist church" (ddr-densho-259-338)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Group of Issei men posed in front of Buddhist church. Most probably members of Nipponjin Kai."

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img Young People's Christian Conference (ddr-densho-259-287)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "A sectional Young People's Christian Conference (YPCC) which was held in Yakima, WA, February 23, 1935."

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img "Issei men posed in front of Buddhist church" (ddr-densho-259-336)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Group of Issei men posed in front of Buddhist church. Most probably members of Nipponjin Kai."

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img "Issei men posed in front of Buddhist church" (ddr-densho-259-335)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Group of Issei men posed in front of Buddhist church. Most probably members of Nipponjin Kai."

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img "Issei men posed in front of Buddhist church" (ddr-densho-259-337)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Group of Issei men posed in front of Buddhist church. Most probably members of Nipponjin Kai."

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img Nikkei family portrait (ddr-densho-259-396)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Portrait of the Daiichi and Kinuyo Takeoka family, taken in their home on Pacific St., Portland."

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img Farmhouse in Japan (ddr-densho-259-542)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "A substantial farm house in Japan It must have been the home of a rich farmer."

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img Two Issei men in coats (ddr-densho-259-256)

Masuo Yasui, right, with a man who may have been Taro Miyake. Caption by Homer Yasui: "Taro Miyake was the editor of a Portland, Oregon, Japanese vernacular newspaper called the Coast Times."

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img Portrait of wedding party (ddr-densho-259-533)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Wedding party portrait of Ray [Ches] Tsuyoshi Yasui and Mikie Kageyama. This photograph was probably taken in the parlor of Ernest C. and Alice Smith in Hood River."

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img Teacher and students in Japan (ddr-densho-259-111)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "In this posed group photo, [Shidzuyo Yasui] looks quite a bit older than a bunch of young girls, so this may have been a class of her students."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-111/

img Group of Issei and Nisei gathered in front of a train (ddr-densho-259-198)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "A group of Hood River Japanese standing beside a couple of cars of a passenger train. [Renichi Fujimoto] is standing a little off to himself on the left in the shade, and from left to right are: Homer [Yasui] (looking up at [Shidzuyo Yasui]), Shizue Iwatsuki, Katsusaburo Tamura on the steps of …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-198/

img Nisei girl visiting family in Japan (ddr-densho-259-289)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Michi [Yasui]'s visit to Japan in the summer of 1940 Front, [left to right]: Yasuo, Michi, Kameno, Taiitsuro. Back, [left to right]: Tokiko, Norie (Yasuo's wife), Hiroshi, Sachiko."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-289/